June 3 in history
Events on June 3
Notable events that happened on June 3 in past years.
- 2025
Reconstitution of the Academy of the Distrustful in the Sala Dalmases of the Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona in Barcelona.
Wikipedia article: Academy of the Distrustful - 2012
A plane carrying 153 people crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board plus six people on the ground.
Wikipedia article: Dana Air Flight 0992 - 1998
After suffering a mechanical failure, a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people.
Wikipedia article: Eschede train disaster - 1984
Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
Wikipedia article: Operation Blue Star - 1979
A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
Wikipedia article: Ixtoc I oil spill - 1963
Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army attack protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalized for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments.
Wikipedia article: Huế chemical attacks - 1943
In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines attack Latino youths in the five-day Zoot Suit Riots.
Wikipedia article: Los Angeles - 1940
Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
Wikipedia article: Franz Rademacher - 1916
The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
Wikipedia article: National Defense Act of 1916 - 1864
American Civil War: Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant sustain heavy casualties attacking Confederate troops under Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Cold Harbor in Hanover County, Virginia.
Wikipedia article: Ulysses S. Grant - 1844
The last pair of great auks is killed.
Wikipedia article: Great auk - 1665
James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
Wikipedia article: James II of England - 1608
Samuel de Champlain lands at Tadoussac, Quebec, in the course of his third voyage to New France, and begins erecting fortifications.
Wikipedia article: Samuel de Champlain - 1140
The French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.
- 350
The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
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